July 2005

  • The Autosave Mystery

    Submitted by rkmcswain on Fri, 07/29/2005 - 22:02

    There seems to be a lot of confusion and misinformation out there regarding the operation of AutoCAD's automatic save function. First and foremost, it is not a replacement for the QSAVE command. AutoCAD's automatic save simply writes a copy of the current drawing to disk every so often, and when you shutdown AutoCAD normally, those file(s) are deleted.
    Let me repeat that: When you shutdown AutoCAD normally, the autosave files are DELETED!
    Here is more or less a rundown of what occurs: Read more »

  • Shift key not working?

    Submitted by rkmcswain on Thu, 07/21/2005 - 19:02

    I have ran into this problem a few times now so thought I would write it up...

    If you have AutoCAD or a vertical installed along with Raster Design, and your Shift key stops working for things like "Shift+Pick" to remove objects from selection sets, or "Shift+Pick" to make mutiple grips hot, then this might be the solution.

    Run the command IOPTIONS
    Go to the User Preferences tab Read more »

  • Layers that will not purge

    Submitted by rkmcswain on Tue, 07/05/2005 - 18:17

    Sometimes while using AutoCAD, you want to delete a layer, but even
    after removing all entities from the layer in question, it will not
    purge. Hopefully the following troubleshooting will help.

    Causes
    There are really only two causes. An entity is referencing the
    layer you are trying to delete, or it's a corrupt drawing. Look for Read more »

  • Excel -> TABLE entity

    Here is something I ran across today, using 2006.

    Copy two columns of text from Excel spreadsheet to clipboard.
    In Excel, the first column is formatted as 'General' and the second column is formatted as 'Number', set to 2 decimal places.
    Edit | Paste Special into AutoCAD - as AutoCAD Entities
    Resulting object is a TABLE. Read more »

  • Using Dates in FIELDS

    Submitted by rkmcswain on Fri, 07/01/2005 - 13:36

    When using dates in FIELDS, you probably either want the date to remain static until you manually update it, or update automatically like other fields. If you use the DATE field name, then the date string will remain static until you manually update it using the UDPATEFIELD command. If you want a FIELD that includes a date that automatically updates, you can use the following DIESEL string in your field.

    $(edtime, 0, MON DD"," YYYY-H:MM:SS am/pm)

    Remember that the value of FIELDEVAL determines what events trigger the automatic field updates. Read more »

 

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